Whorfian

沃尔夫式的

Lee Whorf (1897-1941), especially as propounded in the Whorfian hypothesis (alternatively, the Sapir-Whore hypothesis), which states that our conceptual categorization of the world is determined (wholly or partly) by the structure of our native language. In its strong form, the hypothesis is not accepted by most linguists.

指体现本杰明·李·沃尔夫（1897—1941）观点之特点的，或指这种观点的追随者；这种观点主要包含在沃尔夫假说（也叫萨丕尔—沃尔夫假说）内；按这一假说，人类就外部世界形成的概念和范畴（全部或部分）取决于本族语言的结构。这种假设的强式不为大多数语言学家所接受。